The Procter Gamble Company

Masataka Sugita

Akiko Ashiwa

Kouichi Miyamoto

Yukio Heki

Teruhisa Hirano

Masumi Yoshida

Satoshi Yamane

Maki Hyodo

Kenji Tanihata

Disclosed is an absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline, comprising; (a) a containment assembly having a rear waist region, a crotch region, a front waist region, a pair of longitudinal edges, a body facing surface and a garment facing surface opposite to the body facing surface, the containment assembly comprising a topsheet, a backsheet joined to the topsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of barrier leg cuffs having a proximal edge and a distal edge and being positioned adjacent to the longitudinal edges of the containment assembly; (b) a pair of rear ear panels extending laterally outwardly from the proximal edges of the barrier leg cuff in the rear waist region; (c) a pair of front ear panels extending laterally outwardly from the proximal edges of the barrier leg cuff in the front waist region; and (d) a reinforcement nonwoven joined to at least one of either the rear ear panels or the front ear panels, the reinforcement nonwoven not substantially overlapping the containment assembly.

Disposable absorbent article having reinforced ear panels

A disposable excreta management device has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline, and comprises a flexible bag to contain excreta and an adhesive flange to attach the device to the body of the wearer. The flexible bag has a wearer facing portion and a garment facing portion. The wearer facing portion has an opening surrounded by the adhesive flange. The disposable excreta management device is characterized in that expansibility of the garment facing portion of the flexible bag is greater than that of the wearer facing portion of the flexible bag when the flexible bag contains excreta.

Disposable excreta management device

Cosmetic container

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Suita, Japan

Masataka Sugita